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Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is pleased to announce the acquisition of the personal library of Professor Anthony Cross, historian and scholar of 18th-century Russian studies and professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge from 1985 to 2004. He is internationally known for his work on 18th-century Russia and Anglo-Russian cultural relations.

This article highlights the challenges faced in ensuring university administrators, donors, and policy-makers recognize that Polonists represent an extraordinarily dynamic field, and study a country that is quickly rising to a position of prominence.

In 2015, a new Committee was formed to promote serious exchange of ideas and discussion of policy toward Russia at a time when the space for cooperative discussion is much narrower than only a few years ago.

This post contains tips for preparing to meet book editors in the weeks preceding an academic conference; for how to make the best use of interaction with publishers; for identifying next steps following the conference.